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Cutting a Partial Sphere Safely

Cutting a Partial Sphere

Putting the final touches on an install that I did recently, I had to cut some bun feet to size.  The tile floor had been installed after the vanity cabinets, and the bun feet were now to tall to fit under the cabinet, about 3/8″ of an inch needed to be cut from the

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Lock-Rabbet Drawer Joint

Lock-Rabbet Drawer Joint

A lock-rabbet joint, while not as strong as a dovetail joint, is still a strong, attractive and relatively easy joint to make.  It is ideally suited for drawers.  It can be made on either a table saw or router table.

As with much power tool woodworking, the time is in the set up.   Once

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Cutting a round log on the bandsaw

Cutting a round log on the bandsaw

I love the smell of cedar in my workshop!

A friend gave me a couple of freshly cut cedar logs recently.  The logs were fairly small diameter, about 5″ and the pith was offset quite a bit to one side.  I cut the logs into 2′ lengths using my chainsaw, but did not want

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TV Area Built In

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I finished installation of the TV Area Built In that I have been working on.  I installed the base cabinets about a week ago and then had to wait for the top shop to install the granite top before I could install the bookcase unit and crown molding.  The built in looked very nice

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Installing Concealed Hinges

Installing Concealed Hinges

Installing concealed hinges can be a pretty simple process, even using a hand held drill, with the help of a jig.  The Rockler Concealed Hinge JIG works really well at positioning the Forstner bit, as well as holding it square to the door frame surface and finally controlling the depth of the hole.  Of

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Building a Flat Panel Door

Build a flat panel door

A flat panel door can be defined as a door in which the panel has no bevel or hip raise.  It can still be considered a five piece door,  as it consists of two stiles, two frames and a panel.  The stiles are the vertical members of the frame, while the rails are the

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Installing shelf edgebanding

Applying iron on wood shelf edgebanding

After drilling the shelf support pin holes, the next step was to prepare the cabinet shelving.  As the cabinets are to be painted, I just use 3/4″ plywood for the shelves and apply iron on wood edging to the edges to conceal the raw edges.

I like to apply the edge banding to the

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Shelf Pin Jig

Shelf pin jig

I am busy working on a commission for a couple of base cabinets and a bookcase to be used as part of a TV display area.  The cabinets require adjustable shelves which requires a quick and accurate way to drill/bore a series of holes on the inside walls of each cabinet, front and back. 

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Router feed direction and bit rotation

I recently purchased a set of Rockler’s Bench Cookies.  I’ve been reading about them all over the internet and no doubt I’m probably the last woodworker in the world to have purchased a set   I was excited to try them out and thought I would combine it with an article about router feed

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